Speacial status: Andhra Pradesh bandh total

The YSR Congress’ bandh demanding special status for Andhra Pradesh was total on Tuesday with educational institutions and businesses shutting down and buses staying off the roads. 

Addressing the media at his party headquarters here, YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy called the bandh a great success, as he vowed to continue the fight for the Special Category Status (SCS).  “We had to fight with the government machinery,” Jagan said. “Police unleashed terror and agitators cane charged in several places.”

Jagan accused Chief Minister



Chandrababu Naidu of holding back his party workers from participating in the day-long bandh.  Police detained several YSR Congress workers in many areas as they tried blockading bus depots. Security was provided for inter-state buses plying from Vijayawada Central bus station, where several YSRC, Congress and left party workers were arrested Tuesday morning for stopping buses. 

The bandh was partial in Tirupati, where former TTD chairman Bhumana Karunakar Reddy and YSR Congress’ Chandragiri MLA Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy were arrested for holding a rally.